Happy Birthday Bernard Herrmann!
Jun 29, 2017 6:49:46 GMT -5
Post by pom on Jun 29, 2017 6:49:46 GMT -5
Today the composer would have been 106; let us take the day to remember his legendary scores.
I'm putting my Herrmann playlist on shuffle, and a selection of Journey to the Center of the Earth came up. According to Herrmann, he utilized an orchestra of brass, woodwinds, large percussion, five organs, and many harps. But to me, the standout feature of this score is the serpent, an instrument not often associated with film music. But he used it for the sequences involving the intimidating dimetrodons, and was played expertly by studio musician Don Christlieb.
Name some of your favorite Bernard Herrmann scores, or select cues, below! This one is one of many favorites of mine; to my ears, not a single piece ever composed for the cinema is more revealing or heartbreaking than this one:
I'm putting my Herrmann playlist on shuffle, and a selection of Journey to the Center of the Earth came up. According to Herrmann, he utilized an orchestra of brass, woodwinds, large percussion, five organs, and many harps. But to me, the standout feature of this score is the serpent, an instrument not often associated with film music. But he used it for the sequences involving the intimidating dimetrodons, and was played expertly by studio musician Don Christlieb.
Name some of your favorite Bernard Herrmann scores, or select cues, below! This one is one of many favorites of mine; to my ears, not a single piece ever composed for the cinema is more revealing or heartbreaking than this one:
